Handle for bicycles



(No Model.)

W. C. SMITH.

HANDLE vPQR BIGYGLES. No. 476,424. Patentd June 7, v1892.

i; @belebt lVlLLlAM C. SMITH, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

HANDLE FOR BlCYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 476,424, dated J' une7, 1892. Application tiled August 6, 1891. Serial'No. 401,917. (Nomodel.)

To al? 20720722, it may concern,.-

Bc it known that I, WILLIAM C. SMITH, a citizen of thc United States,and a resident of Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Rubber Handles forBicycles; and I do declare the following to beafull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference 1ein ghad to the accompanying '(lrawings, and to letters of reference markedihereonvhich form apart of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is acrosssection on line :o o2.

This invention relates io certain new and useful improvements inbicycle-handles; and it consists in the novel construction and comhination of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

ln the accompanying drawings the letter A designates the handle-bar,which is provided with a covering,r i3 of soft sponge-like rubber,Vhavingr a series ofrecesses or ai echambers s, separated by the 'radialribs l). The inner ends or edges of these ribs fit tightly around themetallic core or handle bar A. The rnbbercovcringiseylindrical, orapproximately so, and the air-chambers orspaees are act'er which rendersit comfortable and easy to the hands of the rider. l

Having thus described this invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecu/re by Letters Patent, is-

1.l The rubber handle for bicycles, having a radial series of air spacesorchambersthere-4 in separated from cach other by Aradial ribs 'or wallsof soft rubber, substantially as specilied.

2. The handle for bicycles, comprising the inner rubber adapted to litclosely around the handle`bar or metallic core and having therein aseries of air chambers or spaces separated by Walls 0r ribs and an outercoveringr of harder rubber than said in ner covering, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of. two witnesses.

' VIAM C. Shii'lll. Witnesses: v FRANCIS E. BAKER, MvRoN E. MEADER.

